Childcare options
Explore different childcare options such as nurseries, childminders, pre-school, nannies and more.
Help with childcare costs
Schemes and support available to help parents pay for the cost of childcare. Support for free early education, working parents, student parents, and parents of a disabled child.
Information on charges from free early education childcare providers
Further information on what your free early education provider can charge you for.
Support for if you think your provider has not delivered your education place entirely free
Further information on how you can check if your childcare education is free.
Family Hubs
Introduction to Family Hubs
Home learning for under fives
Our Chit Chat Pitter Pat service helping parents and under fives learn at home.
Your child's learning and development
A guide to how your child will learn and develop during their first five years.
Free Early Education for two year olds
30 percent of of all two year olds in Waltham Forest can get up to 15 hours a week of free early education and childcare.
Visiting childcare providers
Advice and guidance on what to look for and which questions to ask.
Childcare Support Expansion 2024
Find out more about Free Early Learning and Childcare places and support with costs from April 2024.
Free early education for three and four year olds
All three and four-year olds are entitled to 15 hours a week of free childcare - Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE).